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    Great Wall Restaurant

    3.0 (100 reviews)

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Happy hour specials
    Dogs allowed

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    Not appropriate for a family restaurant
    Vickie S.

    I've enjoyed having lunch here for years. After getting this fortune cookie today, I'll not be returning Not appropriate for a family restaurant Thank you for addressing this issue!! I appreciate your response and, as you responded, will certainly be back in to enjoy your restaurant.

    Stir fry
    Gisela J.

    Haven't been here since my last visit and I must say that it was much better than last time. My server Justine was just amazing she was so polite and great with the kids and my service dog. Food was good specially the stir fry was done really well. Some items where a bit cold on the buffet but over much happier with this visit.

    A lite bit of everything!
    Willa C.

    So much yum! Originally, not my favorite in Boise. The main reason is the Hot n Sour soup. Really, it isnt great. But... Keep reading, it gets better! This buffet is unique in that they offer a wok service, much like Mongolian BBQ but more chinese-ish. They have meats (including shrimp!), veggies and noodles. Pick what you like and add wok sauce (Cantonese salty or Sweet BBQ) and they cook it up. Lighter and more bland than your typical Mongo. But authentic and fresh. You can taste the flavor of the food vs. Sauces. Then there is the actual buffet. Smaller than selections at City Buffet or the other Chinese buffet here in Boise.... but their choices are fresh, tasty and generally ideal varieties. I'd say... they are solid choices. The "salad bar" has pudding, jello, bananas with red stuff and orange slices... Again, ideal choices that seem to be in places like this. So... get through all that, desert. I won't lie, normally when I go to buffets of this variety I don't really care about dessert. However, with great wall, I try to leave a little extra room. 1st of all, they have sliced cake and pies both in a refrigerated cabinet and curio that offers nearly as much of these in a varying variety of flavors that it almost seems like you can have a harder time of selection with dessert than you could with your meal. They also have saw serve and frozen ice cream. Then, unexpected for a Chinese buffet, they had toppings. It wasn't a whole lot but it was enough to make me actually want ice cream and I took me 2 scoops of mint chocolate chip and fudge on top and added peanuts... and was a way over stuffed and happy lady.

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    3 years ago

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    8 months ago

    Drove passed and signage is off of the building, dark inside. Wanted to try, I guess not and nothing on door stating another address

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    1 year ago

    Lots of food to choose from. We had the buffet and it had lots of food too. The only problem I had was they didn't clean the shrimp

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    I was very disappointed. Our waitress was pretty good but the food came out dry and covered in the same sauces. The tea smelled fishy.

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    3 years ago

    Amazing restaurant, been eating here with the family since a little boy and their sweet and sour mandarin chicken is fire

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    Omg.so gross.DRYYYYYYY meat across the board and everything covered in sugary sauce.dirrrrrrrty!!!worst chinese buffet I have ever seen.

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    I recently read in the Idaho Statesman that this local Chinese joint was going to close at the end…read moreof the month. So sad, their situation. The rental company didn't give them an option to renew their lease. After 17 years, they are closing their doors without a choice. With closure comes choas. I remember when my family gave notice of our closure. We were chaotic from the time we announced it till the doors closed. Everyone is getting in their last hooray in. I anticipated that kind of madness when we stopped in for lunch today. And I was right, the place was a madhouse. When I have eaten here in the past, there was hardly anyone. It was just another table along with mine. It's always chill. Today on the other hand was pure madness. Tables were full of customers and dirty plates. I went ahead and sat myself and waited for my server. It took a minute for my server to get to me. She was the only one working so I just hung out till she got to me. Tea and menus were finally dropped off and I kicked it till my daughter showed up to have lunch with me. My daughter and I looked over the menu. Knowing it's our last meal at this joint, we decided to go ham. We both ordered soup, a lunch and I also snagged a tofu chow fun for later. My soup order was hot and sour. For lunch I went with your typical order of mandarin chicken, chow mein and pork fried rice. My daughter got won ton soup and beef with broccoli, fried rice and an egg roll. We waited for a hot minute for our food to be prepared. You can tell they were not staffed properly. Only one server with a whole dining room full of guests. I'm sure there were only a couple people working the kitchen trying to push out all of the orders coming in. Our soup did finally make it out. We both ordered small bowls but the bowl size was gracious. They were both hot and steamy. My hot and sour soup was ok. It wasn't really spicy but it did have a nice sour element to it. There were pieces of tofu, bamboo and carrots. It was thick and hearty but overall it was ok. My daughter's won ton soup was average. The broth was nice but there was not a lot of filling in the won ton. It was mainly won ton wrapper. And I found it odd that they put lettuce in the won ton soup. Lunch was dropped off shortly after we started working on our soup. When I placed my order, I had asked for fried rice with my meal. Server said it would be an extra charge and I figured it would be. My plate didn't have the fried rice. It only came with my chicken and chow mien. After I addressed my server about it, she looked completely lost. I got an "ok" and never saw her again. So, I just worked on what I had. The chicken was good. It was fresh this time around. I love the saltiness of the chicken with the sweet and sour sauce. The chow mien will always be one of my favorite dishes. It reminds me of my childhood, growing up at my uncle's Chinese restaurant and eating it all the time. I love when the crunchy noodles get all soft from the sauce. The bean sprouts are my favorite. The chow fun was really good. It was savory, the noodles were chewy and the tofu was perfectly fried. They will always have some of the best chow fun in town. I'm giving today's visit a 5 star but in reality it's truly a 3. I didn't get my rice, our server didn't really tend to our table and I had to get my bill adjusted for extra charges. I know the end of the road is coming soon for them but hopefully they will be able to prepare themselves for the next couple days because the choas will only get worse and clearly they need the extra hands. I wish these folks the best of luck with their future endeavors, whatever they may be. I'm happy I got one last meal in before doors are finally closed at the end of this month. Truly sad that another local joint will be just a fond memory for us now.

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